Good luck in your election. AFSCME and DC37 also threw its retirees to the wolves. When we fought back they put us in Trusteeship. They think they are invincible. Nothing could be further from the truth. We along with you and Marianne will win. Very much enjoy reading your posts.
Thanks for your kind words. All of the city unions were thrown to the dogs, but many union leaders opposed this move. I know UFT and DC37 bosses approved it, and together they pretty much monopolize the MLC.
I also have the sense we will win. One person misplaced their ballot and asked me who to call. My book club group is all voting for is. Even my cousin who only worked 16 years and has health benefits is voting for us from Las Vegas. I may be very seasoned now at 70 but my mind is as sharp (mostly) as when I started teaching.
Unfortunate that Arthur is so angry, as I’ve written time and time again it’s easy to criticize it’s difficult, really difficult, to implement effective policies. When I ask the critics how they would resolve issues the only answer I get is “prepare to strike,” in my view a suicidal approach. Mulgrew and his predecessors have navigated the politics of City Hall and Albany, the naysayers criticize, getting legislation to reduce class size, a goal of the union for decades.
The cost of health benefits is increasing across the nation,, most unions have to sacrifice salary to keep health benefits, in NYC the municipal unions negotiate together, the situation will only continue to deteriorate without changes in Washington.
Attacking Hochul will get you a Tier 7 reduction in benefits before you Fix Tier 6.
I would like to see all caucuses acting collaboratively as much as possible, anger is not healthy.
First of all, you begin with a personal comment. This indicates right away you have little of substance to contribute. I'll share one too. I hope you've enjoyed all the dues money I've paid you to write this nonsense.
Second, you write, "prepare to strike," as though the piece advocates that, as though I've said it somewhere here. I have not. So congrats on the straw man fallacy, a nice change of pace from the ad hominem and guilt by association your caucus favors. What I advocate, in fact, is quite clear. But arguing with that would be tougher for you.
Let's address what little of substance you have to say. Costs are indeed going up. How has your cult leader addressed it? By giving a billion dollars to the city in 2014, OVER HALF of our stabilization fund, and by pledging 600 million in savings every year, FOREVER, in exchange for a three year contract.
He did this in exchange for one contract that imposed a crap pattern on the entire city, including a year and a half of zero, and another that came in somewhere around cost of living. And then, he tried very hard to pass the costs onto retirees, who benefited from it not at all. He's still trying. We will fight him every step of the way.
Longtime patronage recipients like yourself got up and said the program wasn't good enough for them. Unlike most city retirees, they could afford a fee to retain their benefits. That's not equitable, and that's not union.
And, much as I appreciate the psychic powers you deem yourself to possess, this is not about anger. It's about protecting benefits that were promised us for decades. It's about saving our lives. Diane Ravitch wrote that she would not have gotten heart surgery she needed if she were in an advantage plan. Aetna admitted it would deny procedures deemed medically necessary.
Courts have agreed with us time and again.
The job of our union leaders is to protect us, to benefit us, and they have failed utterly. They sold us out to buy contracts that ought not to have required givebacks at all. You targeted retirees because you deemed us an easy target. I'm here to tell you we are not, and your bosses know that very well already.
I don't see a mention of Hochul here, but go ahead and toss out another straw man.
Logical fallacy is what you do when you haven't got an argument.
Good luck in your election. AFSCME and DC37 also threw its retirees to the wolves. When we fought back they put us in Trusteeship. They think they are invincible. Nothing could be further from the truth. We along with you and Marianne will win. Very much enjoy reading your posts.
Thanks for your kind words. All of the city unions were thrown to the dogs, but many union leaders opposed this move. I know UFT and DC37 bosses approved it, and together they pretty much monopolize the MLC.
Happy day! Thank you, Arthur, for all your work.
You're very welcome, and thank you.
I also have the sense we will win. One person misplaced their ballot and asked me who to call. My book club group is all voting for is. Even my cousin who only worked 16 years and has health benefits is voting for us from Las Vegas. I may be very seasoned now at 70 but my mind is as sharp (mostly) as when I started teaching.
Yes, they most definitely underestimate us.
Unfortunate that Arthur is so angry, as I’ve written time and time again it’s easy to criticize it’s difficult, really difficult, to implement effective policies. When I ask the critics how they would resolve issues the only answer I get is “prepare to strike,” in my view a suicidal approach. Mulgrew and his predecessors have navigated the politics of City Hall and Albany, the naysayers criticize, getting legislation to reduce class size, a goal of the union for decades.
The cost of health benefits is increasing across the nation,, most unions have to sacrifice salary to keep health benefits, in NYC the municipal unions negotiate together, the situation will only continue to deteriorate without changes in Washington.
Attacking Hochul will get you a Tier 7 reduction in benefits before you Fix Tier 6.
I would like to see all caucuses acting collaboratively as much as possible, anger is not healthy.
First of all, you begin with a personal comment. This indicates right away you have little of substance to contribute. I'll share one too. I hope you've enjoyed all the dues money I've paid you to write this nonsense.
Second, you write, "prepare to strike," as though the piece advocates that, as though I've said it somewhere here. I have not. So congrats on the straw man fallacy, a nice change of pace from the ad hominem and guilt by association your caucus favors. What I advocate, in fact, is quite clear. But arguing with that would be tougher for you.
Let's address what little of substance you have to say. Costs are indeed going up. How has your cult leader addressed it? By giving a billion dollars to the city in 2014, OVER HALF of our stabilization fund, and by pledging 600 million in savings every year, FOREVER, in exchange for a three year contract.
He did this in exchange for one contract that imposed a crap pattern on the entire city, including a year and a half of zero, and another that came in somewhere around cost of living. And then, he tried very hard to pass the costs onto retirees, who benefited from it not at all. He's still trying. We will fight him every step of the way.
Longtime patronage recipients like yourself got up and said the program wasn't good enough for them. Unlike most city retirees, they could afford a fee to retain their benefits. That's not equitable, and that's not union.
And, much as I appreciate the psychic powers you deem yourself to possess, this is not about anger. It's about protecting benefits that were promised us for decades. It's about saving our lives. Diane Ravitch wrote that she would not have gotten heart surgery she needed if she were in an advantage plan. Aetna admitted it would deny procedures deemed medically necessary.
Courts have agreed with us time and again.
The job of our union leaders is to protect us, to benefit us, and they have failed utterly. They sold us out to buy contracts that ought not to have required givebacks at all. You targeted retirees because you deemed us an easy target. I'm here to tell you we are not, and your bosses know that very well already.
I don't see a mention of Hochul here, but go ahead and toss out another straw man.
Logical fallacy is what you do when you haven't got an argument.